Hair Straightener With Clip Structure

ABSTRACT

A hair straightener with a clip structure comprises electric heating elements ( 2 ), an ion generator ( 4 ), a three-dimensional control interface ( 1 ) having a button ( 33 ), a display screen ( 5 ), a linking member ( 6 ), an upper arm ( 7 ) and a lower arm ( 8 ). The upper arm ( 7 ) and the lower arm ( 8 ) are linked with each other through the linking member ( 6 ), so as to form the clip structure. The three-dimensional control interface ( 1 ) simultaneously connects with and controls other different functional elements of the hair straightener, and adjusts at least one functional element through the button ( 33 ), so as to adjust different functions of the hair straightener, including the temperature adjustment of the electric heating elements ( 2 ) and the adjustment of the ion generator ( 4 ).

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

This present invention relates generally to hair care products, and morespecifically, to a hair straightener with a clip structure utilizingelectric heating.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

There are wide varieties of electric perm equipments currently. Forexample, a China patent no. ZL200520035229.7 discloses a hairstraightener, comprising hinged electric clamping plates, wherein anupper clamping plate and a lower clamping plate are placed at a free endof the electric plates respectively, and an upper and a lower electricheating sheets are installed correspondingly on the inner side of theupper and lower clamping plates. The upper and the lower clamping platesare arranged as two blocks of porous structure. Such a hairstraightener, and many other similar hair straighteners usually have acontrol interface in the manner of a flat button, therefore operation ofthe hair straighteners when used by users is very inconvenient. Inaddition, the existing hair straighteners only simply utilize electricheating or ion to straighten hair, and the effect for hair straighteningis not very good.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The technical problem to be solved of the preset invention is to providea hair straightener having a three-dimensional control interface whichcan provide control to hair straightening via electric heating or ion,in order to overcome the above-mentioned disadvantages of the prior art.

According an aspect of the present invention, a hair straightener with aclip structure is provided, comprising: electric heating elements, anion generator, a three-dimensional control interface having a button, alinking member, an upper arm and a lower arm, wherein the upper arm andthe lower arm are linked with each other through the linking member toform the clip structure; the three-dimensional control interfacesimultaneously connects with and controls other different functionalelements of the hair straightener.

Advantageously, the three-dimensional control interface has a base witha displacement, and the button is embedded into the displacement, and iscapable of displacing back and forth along the displacement. Thethree-dimensional control interface controls at least one functionalelement or adjusts the functional elements through the button displacingalong the displacement, including adjusting temperature of the electricheating elements and adjusting the ion generator.

Advantageously, the three-dimensional control interface controls thehair straightener through the button displacing toward differentdirections, including the directions between the negative X-axis, thepositive X-axis, the negative Y-axis, the positive Y-axis, the negativeZ-axis, and the positive Z-axis, and the negative X-axis, the positiveX-axis, the negative Y-axis, the positive Y-axis, the negative Z-axis,and the positive Z-axis of the same button.

Advantageously, the three-dimensional control interface is changeabletoward different directions, and the button is capable of displacingtoward different directions to control the hair straightener, whereinthe different directions include directions between the negative X-axis,the positive X-axis, the negative Y-axis, the positive Y-axis, thenegative Z-axis, and the positive Z-axis, and the negative X-axis, thepositive X-axis, the negative Y-axis, the positive Y-axis, the negativeZ-axis, and the positive Z-axis of the same button.

Advantageously, said other different functional elements of the hairstraightener which are controlled by the three-dimensional controlinterface comprise a switch and a display of the hair straightener.

Advantageously, the button of the three-dimensional control interfacehas arbitrary shape, such as rod-shaped or cross-shaped.

Advantageously, the hair straightener includes two arms, which arelinked together through the linking member to form the clip structures.

Advantageously, the two arms have an inner side and an outer sideopposite to each other, respectively, and the electric heating elementsare attached to the inner sides of the arms, while the ion generator isattached to the inner side of one of the two arms.

Advantageous effect of the present invention lies in as below: 1) thethree-dimensional control interface is easy to use; 2) the hairstraightener combines the thermal effect of the heating element with theionic effect to achieve the purpose of straightening hair, thus the hairstraightening effect is better; 3) working status of the hairstraightener is shown on the display to facilitate the users adjustingthe hair straightener.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The accompanying drawings illustrate one or more embodiments of theinvention and, together with the written description, serve to explainthe principles of the invention, and wherein:

FIG. 1 is a structural diagram of a hair straightener of the presentinvention.

FIG. 2 is a structural diagram showing inner structure of the hairstraightener in accordance with a first embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 3 a, FIG. 3 b, and FIG. 3 c are structural diagrams of a controlinterface of the hair straightener in accordance with the firstembodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 a, FIG. 4 b, FIG. 4 c, and FIG. 4 d are structural diagrams ofthe control interface of the hair straightener in accordance with thefirst embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 a, FIG. 5 b and FIG. 5 c are structural diagrams showing thecontrol interface and the inner structure of the hair straightener inaccordance with other two embodiments of the present invention,respectively.

FIG. 6 a, FIG. 6 b, and FIG. 6 c are structural diagrams of the hairstraightener in accordance with further three different embodiments ofthe present invention.

FIG. 7 is a circuit diagram showing electrical connection of the hairstraightener with a clip structure in accordance with an embodiment ofthe present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, a first embodiment of the presentinvention comprises the following components: a three-dimensionalcontrol interface 1, electric heating elements 2, a control unit 3, anion generator 4, a display 5, a hinge 6, an upper arm 7, and a lower arm8. The upper arm 7 is movably linked with the lower arm 8 through thehinge 6, that is, the hinge 6 is used as a linking member. A electricheating element 2, the three-dimensional control interface 1, and thedisplay 5 are arranged on the upper arm 7, while the ion generator 4 anda electric heating element 2 are arranged on the lower arm 8, whereinthe electric heating element 2 is attached to an inner side of the upperarm 7, opposite the other electric heating element 2 attached to aninner side of the lower arm 8. The three-dimensional control interface 1is attached to an outer side of the upper arm 7, and the display 5 isalso attached to the outer side of the upper arm 7. The ion generator 4is attached to the inner side of the lower arm 8, near the hinge 6. FIG.2 shows the control unit 3 below the three-dimensional control interface1. The control unit 3 connects the three-dimensional control interface1, the electric heating elements 2, the ion generator 4, and the display5 into a functional related whole one via wires.

FIG. 3 a, FIG. 3 b, and FIG. 3 c are structural diagrams of the controlinterface 1 of the hair straightener in accordance with the firstembodiment of the present invention. A button on the three-dimensionalcontrol interface 1 may displace back and forth toward four horizontaldirections indicated by 11, 12, 13 and 14, and may displace back andforth toward two vertical directions indicated by 15 and 16.

FIG. 4 a, FIG. 4 b, FIG. 4 c, and FIG. 4 d are structural diagrams ofthe control interface of the hair straightener in accordance with thefirst embodiment of the present invention. As shown in these figures, inthe right hand coordinate system, the four directions 11, 12, 13, 14 arefour directions in a plane defined by X-axis and Y-axis, the directions15, 16 are two directions in Z-axis, wherein, the direction 14corresponds to the positive X-axis, while the direction 13 correspondsto the negative X-axis; the direction 11 corresponds to the positiveY-axis, while the direction 12 corresponds to the negative Y-axis; thedirection 15 corresponds to the positive Z-axis, while the direction 16corresponds to the negative Z-axis. The button of the three-dimensionalcontrol interface 1 may displace back and forth in the above directions.

FIG. 5 a and FIG. 5 b are structural diagrams showing the controlinterface 1 of the hair straightener in accordance with two embodimentsof the present invention. In the embodiment as shown in FIG. 5 a, thebutton 33 of the three-dimensional control interface 1 may displacealong a straight line path 17 to reach different positions. In theembodiment as shown in FIG. 5 b, the button of the three-dimensionalcontrol interface 1 may displace along a arc path 18 to reach differentpositions.

FIG. 5 c is a structural diagram showing the inner structure of thecontrol interface 1 of the hair straightener in accordance with anembodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5 c, thethree-dimensional control interface 1 comprises a base 31 having across-shaped displacement 32, and a button 33 embedded into thedisplacement 32. The button 33 may displace back and forth along thedisplacement 32 toward the four horizontal directions and the twovertical directions as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4.

FIG. 6 a, FIG. 6 b, and FIG. 6 c are structural diagrams of the hairstraightener in accordance with further three different embodiments ofthe present invention. In the embodiment as shown in FIG. 6 a, the upperarm is linked with the lower arm through a hinge, which is positioned atthe end of the upper arm and the lower arm away from the electricheating elements. This hinge is equivalent to a linking member. In theembodiment as shown in FIG. 6 b, the upper arm is linked with the lowerarm through a hinge, but this embodiment is different from that in FIG.6 a that the hinge is positioned in the middle of the upper arm and thelower arm respectively. Both FIG. 6 a and FIG. 6 b show the embodimentsthat the two opposite heating elements, which are attached to the innersides of the upper and the lower arms respectively, are close to eachother through rotation of the upper arm and the lower arm about thehinge. In such a manner, hair to be straightened is clamped. In theembodiment as shown in FIG. 6 c, the upper arm is connected with thelower arm through a linking member 19. A sildeway 20 is arranged at oneside of the linking member 19, and the upper arm and the lower arm areembedded into the displacement 20 of the linking member 19 respectively.The upper arm and the lower arm may displace in the displacement 20 tofacilitate the two opposite heating elements attached to the inner sidesof the upper and the lower arms closing to each other, such that hair tobe straightened is clamped, then the hair are heated to be curled.

FIG. 7 is a circuit diagram showing electrical connection of the hairstraightener with a clip structure in accordance with an embodiment ofthe present invention. As a center, the control unit 3 connects thethree-dimensional control interface 1, the electric heating elements 2,the ion generator 4, the display 5, the relevant elements 9, and thepower supply 10 into a whole one via wire connections. The display 5 isa LCD display screen. The relevant elements 9 may comprise a powerindicator, a working status indicator, a buzzer alarm and so on. Thehair straightener of the present invention utilizes AC power supply.

1. A hair straightener with a clip structure, comprising electricheating elements (2), an ion generator (4), a three-dimensional controlinterface (1) having a button (33), a linking member (6), an upper arm(7) and a lower arm (8), the upper arm (7) and the lower arm (8) beinglinked with each other through the linking member (6) to form the clipstructure, characterized in that, the three-dimensional controlinterface (1) simultaneously connects with and controls other differentfunctional elements of the hair straightener; the three-dimensionalcontrol interface (1) controls at least one functional element oradjusts the functional elements through displacing of the button (33),including adjusting temperature of the electric heating elements (2) andadjusting the ion generator (4).
 2. The hair straightener with a clipstructure according to claim 1, wherein the three-dimensional controlinterface (1) has a base (31) with a displacement (32), and the button(33) is embedded into the displacement (32) and is capable of displacingback and forth along the displacement (32).
 3. (canceled)
 4. The hairstraightener with a clip structure according to claim 1, wherein thethree-dimensional control interface (1) controls the hair straightenerthrough the button (33) displacing toward different directions,including the directions between the negative X-axis, the positiveX-axis, the negative Y-axis, the positive Y-axis, the negative Z-axis,and the positive Z-axis, and the negative X-axis, the positive X-axis,the negative Y-axis, the positive Y-axis, the negative Z-axis, and thepositive Z-axis of the same button.
 5. The hair straightener with a clipstructure according to claim 1, wherein the three-dimensional controlinterface (1) is changeable toward different directions, and the button(33) is capable of displacing toward different directions to control thehair straightener, wherein the different directions include directionsbetween the negative X-axis, the positive X-axis, the negative Y-axis,the positive Y-axis, the negative Z-axis, and the positive Z-axis, andthe negative X-axis, the positive X-axis, the negative Y-axis, thepositive Y-axis, the negative Z-axis, and the positive Z-axis of thesame button (33).
 6. The hair straightener with a clip structureaccording to claim 1, wherein said other different functional elementsof the hair straightener which are controlled by the three-dimensionalcontrol interface (1) comprise a switch and a display (5) of the hairstraightener.
 7. The hair straightener with a clip structure accordingto claim 1, wherein the button (33) of the three-dimensional controlinterface (1) has arbitrary shape
 8. The hair straightener with a clipstructure according to claim 7, wherein the two arms (7, 8) have aninner side and an outer side opposite to each other, respectively, andthe electric heating elements (2) are attached to the inner sides of thearms (7, 8), while the ion generator (4) is attached to the inner sideof one of the two arms.
 9. The hair straightener with a clip structureaccording to claim 8, wherein the two arms (7, 8) are linked through thelinking member (6) to form the clip structure, and the three-dimensionalcontrol interface (1) is attached to the outer side of one of the twoarms.
 10. The hair straightener with a clip structure according to claim9, wherein the two arms (7, 8) are connected through the linking member(6) at their ends or through the linking member (6) at respective endsof the two arms to form the clip structure.